If you lived in Pakistan instead of Tuvalu, you would:

Health

be 62.3% less likely to be obese

In Tuvalu, 65.1% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Pakistan, that number is 24.5% of people as of 2024.

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see 90.9% less spent on your healthcare

Tuvalu spends $1,671 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Pakistan spends $152 as of 2023.

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have 13.8% fewer doctors per person

Tuvalu has 13.5 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2020. Pakistan has 11.6 as of 2021.

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have 13.5% less access to essential health services

Tuvalu scores 52 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. Pakistan scores 45 as of 2021.

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Economy

make 73.6% less money

Tuvalu has a GDP per capita of $6,041 as of 2025, while in Pakistan, the GDP per capita is $1,596 as of 2025.

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Life

have 24.8% more children

In Tuvalu, there are approximately 22.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Pakistan, there are 27.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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be 41.1% less likely to be literate

In Tuvalu, the literacy rate is 100.0% as of 2022. In Pakistan, it is 58.9% as of 2021.

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be 2.9 times more likely to die during infancy

In Tuvalu, approximately 16.5 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2024. In Pakistan, on the other hand, 48.2 children do as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 29.5% less likely to have internet access

In Tuvalu, approximately 81.2% of the population has internet access as of 2022. In Pakistan, about 57.2% do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 84.8% less on education

Tuvalu spends 12.8% of its total GDP on education as of 2023. Pakistan spends 1.9% of total GDP on education as of 2023.

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spend 90.7% less on healthcare

Tuvalu spends 27.1% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2023. In Pakistan, that number is 2.5% of GDP as of 2023.

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Geography

see 43.6 times more coastline

Tuvalu has a total of 24 km of coastline. In Pakistan, that number is 1,046 km.

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Safety

be 33.5% less likely to die in a road accident

In Tuvalu, road accidents kill 17.9 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Pakistan, they kill 11.9 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Infrastructure

find 67.5% less home broadband

Tuvalu has 4.5 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Pakistan has 1.5 as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2020–2025), United Nations SDG Indicators (2021–2022), World Health Organization (2024), The World Factbook. How we calculate this

Pakistan: At a glance

Pakistan is a sovereign country in South Asia, with a total land area of approximately 770,875 sq km. The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world and dating back at least 5,000 years, spread over much of what is presently Pakistan. During the second millennium B.C., remnants of this culture fused with the migrating Indo-Aryan peoples. The area underwent successive invasions in subsequent centuries from the Persians, Greeks, Scythians, Arabs (who brought Islam), Afghans, and Turks. The Mughal Empire flourished in the 16th and 17th centuries; the British came to dominate the region in the 18th century. The separation in 1947 of British India into the Muslim state of Pakistan (with West and East sections) and largely Hindu India was never satisfactorily resolved, and India and Pakistan fought two wars - in 1947-48 and 1965 - over the disputed Kashmir territory. A third war between these countries in 1971 - in which India capitalized on Islamabad's marginalization of Bengalis in Pakistani politics - resulted in East Pakistan becoming the separate nation of Bangladesh. In response to Indian nuclear weapons testing, Pakistan conducted its own tests in 1998. India-Pakistan relations have been rocky since the November 2008 Mumbai attacks, but both countries are taking small steps to put relations back on track. In February 2008, Pakistan held parliamentary elections and in September 2008, after the resignation of former President MUSHARRAF, elected Asif Ali ZARDARI to the presidency. Pakistani government and military leaders are struggling to control domestic insurgents, many of whom are located in the tribal areas adjacent to the border with Afghanistan.
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